I am an antique dealer and have decorated hundreds of trees for charity events over the years. Now, I have kept only the very best for my home trees. I have purchased foam pouches for china and glassware and also bubble wrap pouches on Amazon. This has made packing away all my super fragile glass ornaments a breeze. It was an investment. I have over 1000 ornaments. But it is actually a pleasure to pack my beautiful items, knowing next year nothing will be broken. Wrapping items individually in bubble wrap almost did me in. I have one tree completely covered in antique chandelier prisms of all sizes, lengths and weight. The glassware foam pouches keep them very safe. Your long mushroom ornaments would wrap well in the glassware pouches. Smaller ornaments fit nicely in the cup foam pouches. I also use totes that seal. Thank God for that. We had a flooded basement in 2020 but my ornaments were up high and the totes were sealed so they were saved.
Yes, everything goes into totes. My basement flooded in 2020 but everything survived in waterproof hard plastic sterlite totes. The clear type totes cracked with the water pressure.
When I moved to France, I went through all my Christmas decorations. I took one box with us, gave away a lot of what I didn’t like anymore and gave all my son’s childhood ornaments to him! We have added as we’ve lived here for 7 years, but no where near to the level you have!
Great method and advice you have. I actually like putting the decorations away as it gives me an opportunity to weed through anything I no longer plan on using.
Thank you, Caleb, for this video! Validation for me doing things the way I do them.....such as packing and storing the Christmas decor! I do it much the way you do, and have learned that it's important to enjoy this process as much as unpacking. And yes, 10 months from now, we'll be glad we took the time and did this with great care!
Caleb, you do such a great job packing up your decorations. I just love your mushroom 🍄collection. You have great ideas for packing all those decorations. I will definitely use Some of your ideas for my stuff. Thank you!😊 You are such a wonderful Son for your lovely mom. Please have a Happy New Year to you and your family🎉⛄🤗
We just moved this summer into a new home, what a task! So watching you pack your lovely ornaments really gives me the boost I needed so I can pack away my first Christmas stuff and eliminate what I don't want or what I may not have used for a few years! I love the different sized tubs you use and the reason's for them. So thanks Kaleb and Happy New Year!! 🥰
Thanks Kaleb I was off to buy some storage boxes to organise my christmas items better and thought of you. So glad to find a video showing all this, given me great ideas and will think of you when I unpack next Christmas :)
I pack my glass ornaments in a large container, but I pCk each one in bubble wrap. Time consuming but I enjoy taking each one out of its wrap, and think about each one.
Great tips. My decorations are still up, though I have turned off the outside lights. I want to have a new storage system this year and this has helped. Thanks.
My mom painted a enormous amounts of folk art Santa’s. They covered the walls and the open soffits above the kitchen cabinets. One year she just kept them up in the kitchen and never took them down. They actually looked great and it was a much easier way to store them as they were all a good size and made of wood. But it is quite magical to start the decorating every fall. Love your videos!
Caleb thanks for this video. Takes me 2 days to carefully pack away Christmas then a day to clean up all the dust and glitter. I’ve always removed and thrown away the wire hangers. I don’t want my ornaments scratched. I use tissue paper to cushion the glass ornaments. And I use bubble wrap to pack up the other Christmas decor. I’ve gotta locate the thin bubble wrap for next Christmas. I wish I had a basement for storage. Here in North Texas basements are very rare. Attics get too hot for storage. We keep the trees in the garden shed and the rest is stored in the closet of a third bedroom.
I am one of the Type A crazies who still packs many of my ornaments in their original boxes. It literally takes me two full days to take my tree down with all that re-boxing. I just bought some smaller, clear bins (I'm getting too old to hoist the casket sized crates anymore!) and I'm going to try really hard next year to give up individually re-boxing my ornaments. Someone also suggested flattening the original boxes If I must keep them, and storing them separately? We'll see. Appreciated this video, though! I'm happy to see ornaments will survive without their original boxes! Happy New Year!
I didn't set up any Christmas this year. I lived vicariously through you, but I also need to make memory boxes for my griwn children. My husband and I are try to make like more simple. We don't have good physical anything at this point . I could use your help.
Just found your channel and have been enjoying watching. You have a lovely home. Where did you find those lovely mushroom ornaments with long stems? Love them!
I enjoyed this - I pack pretty carefully as well using bubble wrap and soft tissue paper. I'm always adding to my ornament collection each year and having to expand my storage. I did like your smaller bins - I may try them. I also like the suggestion of bubble wrap pouches from another commentor. Question for you - which side of the bubble wrap goes on the inside? I remember you mentioning this in one of your videos - I had no idea there was an inside and outside to it.
Thanks Kaleb! Great sorting/packing tips! Happy New Year! How are you doing with all the snow the Midwest is getting? My son recently moved from California to Chicago and I am wondering how you guys manage the extreme cold, snow and long winters. Any advice for people newly relocated to the Midwest climate? Thanks so much! Love your show! ❤
One year I must have had to work and my husband and kids put the tree away. The next year, however, I found that all my Avon ornaments, Hallmark ornaments, any that had a box --- THEY THREW THE BOXES AWAY!!!! I now am the only one that puts everything in the tubs.
Try not to use tissue paper if storing in a basement. The tissue will become musty after a while. I also keep my hooks on the ornaments when I pack. I really appreciate your videos. I will be buying those smaller totes.
Totally hate this job. I love putting it up but I hate taking it down and putting it away. I just now today on the 20th or the 17th or whatever day it is took down my tree. I’m so tired of having these decorations up, but I want nothing to do with taking them down. It’s cold outside. I have to walk back-and-forth to the shed. I have to put them up in the shed loft. It’s annoying it’s aggravating and I can’t stand doing it. It’s absolutely a chore.
Me he dado un maratón de estos videos y yo mismo me he retado a encontrar el primer youtuber que limpie los ornamentos y las decoraciones antes de empacar y si no lo encuentro mi esposa es única en cuidar y limpiar su decoración, y va ganando ella
I am an antique dealer and have decorated hundreds of trees for charity events over the years. Now, I have kept only the very best for my home trees. I have purchased foam pouches for china and glassware and also bubble wrap pouches on Amazon. This has made packing away all my super fragile glass ornaments a breeze. It was an investment. I have over 1000 ornaments. But it is actually a pleasure to pack my beautiful items, knowing next year nothing will be broken. Wrapping items individually in bubble wrap almost did me in. I have one tree completely covered in antique chandelier prisms of all sizes, lengths and weight. The glassware foam pouches keep them very safe. Your long mushroom ornaments would wrap well in the glassware pouches. Smaller ornaments fit nicely in the cup foam pouches. I also use totes that seal. Thank God for that. We had a flooded basement in 2020 but my ornaments were up high and the totes were sealed so they were saved.
Yes, everything goes into totes. My basement flooded in 2020 but everything survived in waterproof hard plastic sterlite totes. The clear type totes cracked with the water pressure.
Thanks for doing this video!😊this is a chore i dread!
Bye-Bye Christmas Trees, see you next year!! 🎄🎄🎄
When I moved to France, I went through all my Christmas decorations. I took one box with us, gave away a lot of what I didn’t like anymore and gave all my son’s childhood ornaments to him! We have added as we’ve lived here for 7 years, but no where near to the level you have!
Watching you do this makes it more palatable to do!
Great method and advice you have. I actually like putting the decorations away as it gives me an opportunity to weed through anything I no longer plan on using.
Putting away Christmas decorations is my worst chore. But watching you do yours was fun. Have a Happy New Year Kaleb.
I enjoyed your video how you pack your holiday. I learned so much!!! Thank you.
Happy New Year! Excellent tips! This 75 year old grandma thanks you once again. Absolutely love learning from the younger generation.
Thank you for this information,no one shows you how to put these precious pieces away.
Try putting them in a guest room, closet.use a humidifier occasionally!
Watching you put away your mini trees was a game changer for me last year. Love your thought process . Thank you for sharing the take down .
I haven't put up Christmas decorations in years, but I have thoroughly enjoyed your home's warmth and charm. Blessings Be yours this new year.😊
I bubble wrap some & pack them away very neatly but its worth it. Everything is packed away neatly.
Thank you, Caleb, for this video! Validation for me doing things the way I do them.....such as packing and storing the Christmas decor! I do it much the way you do, and have learned that it's important to enjoy this process as much as unpacking. And yes, 10 months from now, we'll be glad we took the time and did this with great care!
Thank You 🙏. This came in very handy as I am taking the ornaments off of my tree 🌲 tonight.
Very relaxing to watch
Caleb, you do such a great job packing up your decorations.
I just love your mushroom 🍄collection.
You have great ideas for packing all those decorations.
I will definitely use
Some of your ideas for my stuff. Thank you!😊 You are such a wonderful
Son for your lovely mom.
Please have a Happy New
Year to you and your family🎉⛄🤗
We just moved this summer into a new home, what a task! So watching you pack your lovely ornaments really gives me the boost I needed so I can pack away my first Christmas stuff and eliminate what I don't want or what I may not have used for a few years! I love the different sized tubs you use and the reason's for them. So thanks Kaleb and Happy New Year!! 🥰
Good Morning Kaleb, Happy New Year!! Thank you so much for this information. Love your videos!! Blessings!!
Love your home. ❤
I enjoy seeing how other people do things. Happy New Year to you!
Thanks Kaleb I was off to buy some storage boxes to organise my christmas items better and thought of you. So glad to find a video showing all this, given me great ideas and will think of you when I unpack next Christmas :)
You’re so adorable 🥰
You seem like you’d be a wonderful & generous host. Good luck with all of your life in 2024
I pack my glass ornaments in a large container, but I pCk each one in bubble wrap. Time consuming but I enjoy taking each one out of its wrap, and think about each one.
Thanks Kaleb, I always learn something new from you. Keep up the great work and love all of your videos.
I have to remember to not over stuff my totes!!
I love this kind of content
That was fun and informative! 😊♥️ You have a lovely way of explaining things.
Great tips. My decorations are still up, though I have turned off the outside lights. I want to have a new storage system this year and this has helped. Thanks.
My mom painted a enormous amounts of folk art Santa’s. They covered the walls and the open soffits above the kitchen cabinets. One year she just kept them up in the kitchen and never took them down. They actually looked great and it was a much easier way to store them as they were all a good size and made of wood. But it is quite magical to start the decorating every fall. Love your videos!
Great organization and ideas.
Happy New Year to you and your family 🎉. A great job of o rganizating your awesome collection of Xmas ornaments .😍👏
Caleb thanks for this video. Takes me 2 days to carefully pack away Christmas then a day to clean up all the dust and glitter. I’ve always removed and thrown away the wire hangers. I don’t want my ornaments scratched. I use tissue paper to cushion the glass ornaments. And I use bubble wrap to pack up the other Christmas decor. I’ve gotta locate the thin bubble wrap for next Christmas. I wish I had a basement for storage. Here in North Texas basements are very rare. Attics get too hot for storage. We keep the trees in the garden shed and the rest is stored in the closet of a third bedroom.
Great tips Thank you and Happy New Year.
Good presentation
I use cardboard boxes from state liquor stores, already has dividers, heavy duty, ask nicely, FREE, boxes are different sizes but so manageable
Happy New Year 🎉
I am one of the Type A crazies who still packs many of my ornaments in their original boxes. It literally takes me two full days to take my tree down with all that re-boxing. I just bought some smaller, clear bins (I'm getting too old to hoist the casket sized crates anymore!) and I'm going to try really hard next year to give up individually re-boxing my ornaments. Someone also suggested flattening the original boxes If I must keep them, and storing them separately? We'll see. Appreciated this video, though! I'm happy to see ornaments will survive without their original boxes! Happy New Year!
I didn't set up any Christmas this year. I lived vicariously through you, but I also need to make memory boxes for my griwn children. My husband and I are try to make like more simple. We don't have good physical anything at this point . I could use your help.
Me too. Guess what i found. A floor. Who would have thought
Super random but i would love to see your old farmhouse basement
Just found your channel and have been enjoying watching. You have a lovely home. Where did you find those lovely mushroom ornaments with long stems? Love them!
I enjoyed this - I pack pretty carefully as well using bubble wrap and soft tissue paper. I'm always adding to my ornament collection each year and having to expand my storage. I did like your smaller bins - I may try them. I also like the suggestion of bubble wrap pouches from another commentor. Question for you - which side of the bubble wrap goes on the inside? I remember you mentioning this in one of your videos - I had no idea there was an inside and outside to it.
Thanks Kaleb! Great sorting/packing tips! Happy New Year! How are you doing with all the snow the Midwest is getting? My son recently moved from California to Chicago and I am wondering how you guys manage the extreme cold, snow and long winters. Any advice for people newly relocated to the Midwest climate? Thanks so much! Love your show! ❤
Hello 👋 ❤❤❤
One year I must have had to work and my husband and kids put the tree away. The next year, however, I found that all my Avon ornaments, Hallmark ornaments, any that had a box --- THEY THREW THE BOXES AWAY!!!! I now am the only one that puts everything in the tubs.
Try not to use tissue paper if storing in a basement. The tissue will become musty after a while. I also keep my hooks on the ornaments when I pack. I really appreciate your videos. I will be buying those smaller totes.
That’s why it is important to use totes that seal. Dampness stays out.
Now I desperately need a BASEMENT TOUR!
Totally hate this job. I love putting it up but I hate taking it down and putting it away. I just now today on the 20th or the 17th or whatever day it is took down my tree. I’m so tired of having these decorations up, but I want nothing to do with taking them down. It’s cold outside. I have to walk back-and-forth to the shed. I have to put them up in the shed loft. It’s annoying it’s aggravating and I can’t stand doing it. It’s absolutely a chore.
I hate putting it alll away by myself. Ugh. All day project. I do try to listen to music.
Me he dado un maratón de estos videos y yo mismo me he retado a encontrar el primer youtuber que limpie los ornamentos y las decoraciones antes de empacar y si no lo encuentro mi esposa es única en cuidar y limpiar su decoración, y va ganando ella